HC Deb 11 December 1990 vol 182 c324W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a table showing the amount spent in each of the last five years by his Department on(a) advertising in the press, (b) advertising on television and radio, (c) other advertising and promotion and (d) promotion videos and sound cassettes.

Mr. Eggar

The expenditure figures for advertising and other promotional materials by this Department for the financial years 1986–87 to 1989–90 are provided in the table. Video and cassette costs cannot readily be disaggregated from other advertising and promotion costs. The 1990–91 figure is provisional.

Year Press advertising Television Radio Other advertising and promotion
£000 £000 £000 £000
1986–87 532.0 Nil Nil 533.0
1987–88 280.0 Nil Nil 1,459.0
1988–89 475.0 Nil 400 1,156.0
1989–90 238.0 Nil 11.8 1,150.0
1990–91 1,160.0 1,100.0 Nil 2,115.0